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JFK made a speech that discussed church, state, and religion which had a huge impact on me and I believe it is even more important today.

" Our belief in church should be important only to the individual and his God. It is more important for this nation to discuss the kind of American we believe in. We need to keep in mind that our problems are man made - therefore they can be solved by man, and man can be as big as he wants."

This spring, a group of computer scientists set out to determine whether hackers were interfering with the Trump campaign. They found something they weren’t expecting. By Franklin Foer Read Franklin Foer’s follow-up story for new statements from the Trump campaign… Read More ›

Oil-rich Abu Dhabi is planning a massive solar project. By Samantha Page Transitioning to clean energy is the single most important thing we can do to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change. Luckily for us, clean energy keeps getting… Read More ›

The media’s need to cover “both sides” of every story makes no sense when one side has little regard for the truth. By Eric Alterman Why do so many reporters and pundits blame “both sides” when only one is responsible?… Read More ›

By Liz Stinson A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless is proposing a radical new way to generate wind energy that will once again upend what you see outside your car window. Their idea is the Vortex, a bladeless wind turbine… Read More ›

Giant waves, possibly triggered by two meteorite impacts, may have shaped Mars’s coastline and could hint at whether the red planet was once habitable. By Nicola Davis Mega-tsunamis in an ancient ocean on Mars may have shaped the landscape and… Read More ›

By Jeremy Deaton On Sunday, for a brief, shining moment, renewable power output in Germany reached 90 percent of the country’s total electricity demand. That’s a big deal. On May 8th, at 11 a.m. local time, the total output of… Read More ›